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Minimum Qualifications for Appointment on Teaching and other Academic Posts:

3.7.0 The Ph.D. Degree shall be a mandatory qualification for the appointment of Professors and
for promotion as Professors.
3.8.0 The Ph.D. Degree shall be a mandatory qualification for all candidates to be appointed as
Associate Professor through direct recruitment.
3.9.0. The period of time taken by candidates to acquire M.Phil. and/or Ph.D. Degree shall not be
considered as teaching/ research experience to be claimed for appointment to the teaching
positions.
4.0.0 DIRECT RECRUITMENT
4.1.0 PROFESSOR

A. (i) An eminent scholar with Ph.D. qualification(s) in the concerned/allied/relevant
discipline and published work of high quality, actively engaged in research with
evidence of published work with a minimum of 10 publications as books and/or
research/policy papers.
(ii) A minimum of ten years of teaching experience in university/college, and/or
experience in research at the University/National level institutions/industries,
including experience of guiding candidates for research at doctoral level.
(iii) Contribution to educational innovation, design of new curricula and courses, and
technology – mediated teaching learning process.
(iv) A minimum score as stipulated in the Academic Performance Indicator (API)
based Performance Based Appraisal System (PBAS), set out in this Regulation in
Appendix III.
OR
B. An outstanding professional, with established reputation in the relevant field, who
has made significant contributions to the knowledge in the concerned/allied/relevant
discipline, to be substantiated by credentials.
4.2.0 PRINCIPAL
i. A Master’s Degree with at least 55% marks (or an equivalent grade in a point scale
wherever grading system is followed) by a recognized University.
ii. A Ph.D. Degree in concerned/allied/relevant discipline(s) in the institution concerned
with evidence of published work and research guidance.
iii. Associate Professor/Professor with a total experience of fifteen years of teaching/
research/administration in Universities, Colleges and other institutions of higher
education.
iv. A minimum score as stipulated in the Academic Performance Indicator (API) based
Performance Based Appraisal System (PBAS), as set out in this Regulation in Appendix
III for direct recruitment of Professors in Colleges.
4.3.0 ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR
i. Good academic record with a Ph.D. Degree in the concerned/allied/relevant disciplines.

ii. A Master’s Degree with at least 55% marks (or an equivalent grade in a point scale
wherever grading system is followed).

iii. A minimum of eight years of experience of teaching and/or research in an academic/research
position equivalent to that of Assistant Professor in a University, College or Accredited
Research Institution/industry excluding the period of Ph.D. research with evidence of
published work and a minimum of 5 publications as books and/or research/policy papers.

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